European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday May 24, 1992 at a glance Virginia gov. L. Douglas Wilder says sen. Charles s. Robb above and his aides had engaged in a Campaign Quot to smear and discredit  see Story on Page 12.politicians Batter Perot As Texas billionaire Ross Perot has gained strength in opinion polls political criticism of him has strengthened As Well. A Pago 4oregon recount Likely rep. Les Aucoin of Oregon finished 248 votes ahead of businessman Harry Lonsdale on Friday in tuesday s democratic primary for . Senate. The close vote Means an automatic recount is Likely. A Page 5military Abandons . Area a military enlistment Center that burned Down during los Angeles recent rioting will not be rebuilt partly because officials consider the area too dangerous. A Page 6red Cross cleared a Cleveland jury has decided that the red Cross should not be held responsible for the death of a woman who contracted aids from a blood transfusion following knee replacement surgery in 1983. A Page 7air linked to pipe break a buildup of trapped air in a pipe triggered the feb. 2 explosion that contaminated beaches in the san Diego area with billions of Gallons of partially treated waste according to a preliminary report. A Page 10 pm focuses on profits general motors corp. Is putting profits first instead of clinging to Market share at any Cost chairman Robert Stempel told shareholders. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 16 commentary. 15 faces a no places. 16 letters. 14 Money matters. 17 Mutual. 18-19 sports. 25-32 weather. 13 and the Deere goes Johnny with a Heartfelt Good night Burbank Calif. A Johnny Carson ended his 30-Ycar reign on late night to on Friday choking Back tears As he closed his final tonight show by telling America a i bid you a very Heartfelt Good  longtime sidekick de Mcmahon yelled a Rheee Ercy a Johnny at the Start of the show and Doc Severinsen struck up the Abc orchestra. But Carson abandoned most other traditions during his Farewell broadcast which had no big name guests and an invitation Only audience of family and staff. A you people watching i can Only Tell you that its been an Honor and a privilege coming into your Homes All these years to entertain you a Carson said before signing off for the last time. A and i Hope when i find something i want to do and think you would like i can come Back and you will be As gracious in inviting me into your Homes As you have been. I wish you a very Heartfelt Good  Carson 66, earlier acknowledged his wife Alex and sons Chris and Cory in the audience a and remembered his son Richard who died in a car Accident last year. A it would have been a perfect evening if their brother Rick had been Here with us. But i guess life docs what its supposed to do and you accept it and go on a Carson said. Carson delivered his last monologue sitting on a Stool instead of standing on the Star that marked his spot on the floor of no cd a studio one. His usual political jokes however remained constant and he took a last shot at vice president Dan Quayle a frequent butt of his jokes. A i really want to thank him for making my final week so fruitful a Carson said of Quay cd a headline grabbing statements about single motherhood and the sitcom Murphy Brown. Carson moved from his monologue to a montage of clips from memorable interviews with subjects ranging from Richard Nixon to David Letterman. Then he highlighted the musicians who appeared Over three decades including Louis Armstrong Richard Harris Ella Fitzgerald the Jackson five and Luciano Pavarotti. Several times Carson thanked Mcmahon and Severinsen. Mcmahon who joined the tonight show with Carson in 1962, said a i just found out there were seven other people up for that Job. I thank you. My family thanks  at the end Carson said a and so it has come to this. A i am one of the Lucky people in the world. I found something that i always wanted to do and i have enjoyed every single minute of  then noting his appreciation for his staff and his audience a teary eyed Carson bid Good night. The audience Rose to its feet. Many cried. Severinsen led the band in j7/ be seeing you. A Johnny Carson. Tears during taping of last show ministers to of reduced commands by Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau Brussels Belgium nato defense ministers meeting this week in Brussels will approve a new command Structure for the Alliance and announce when elements of its revamped forces Are expected to be up and running a senior nato official said. . Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and his counterparts Are expected to streamline the command Structure to correspond to the reduced Post cold War troop level said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity  so there will be substantial reductions in the manpower at natos military Headquarters a the official said. Defense ministers approved a Basic command framework a in december which eliminated Allied come Channel and established Allied come Northwest to replace Allied come North. On tuesday they will approve changes to the next lower command level called principal subordinate commands. There Are five such commands under Allied forces Central Europe for example. These include Central army group in Heidelberg Germany which is led by the commander of . Army Europe and Allied air forces Central Europe at Ramstein a Germany headed by the commander of . Air forces in Europe. Along with considering changes to command Structure the defense chiefs will approve dates for introducing some of natos new forces particularly its reaction forces. They will also sign Force level goals for the next five years the official said. The official said he also expected the defense ministers to discuss use of nato forces in peacekeeping missions sponsored by the conference on Security and cooperation in Europe the evolving european Security identity and the alliances program of cooperation with former Warsaw pact countries. Nato foreign ministers meeting in Oslo Norway next month Are expected to approve the alliances participation in peacekeeping beyond its  from Page 1 Friday in a Post trial ruling and final order on a a wilful unlawful commander  in his ruling Mahoney said a in. 16 years As a trial and appellate judge no previous example of such Cavalier disregard for due process and the Rule of Law comes to  the judge quoted a previous ruling that a command influence is the mortal enemy of military  both Long and his Legal adviser clearly knew it was unlawful to violate the judges order but believed the a consequences. Would be slight a Mahoney said. Mahoney said in his final order that he reduced the sentence a for the express purpose of deterring commanders and judge advocates from committing or condoning similar breaches of Law when displeased by judicial  Tilghman of the 920th Field training det will serve his sentence at fort Leavenworth kan., but was being detained at the Raf Lakenheath confinement facility until the Issue was  from Page 1 cola would disregard items listed on the Survey As not available he said. That skewed the results. This time each base sent people to record prices of items bought regularly by americans said Wilson who conducted the Aviano Survey. They surveyed Only stores frequented by americans. Liska said he noticed something amiss in the cola for Italy when he transferred from Ramstein a Germany last August. A when i was in Germany i got a High cola a he said. A but in Germany the Cost of living was less. I was shocked to find our cola was lower than  for example Liska and Wilson said service members in Italy cannot have the value added tax removed from items purchased on the Economy a service available in Germany. At Aviano there is no cafes car service station so americans must use stations on the Economy. Liska said a shirt costs $70 in a Basic italian store. The new cola increase puts it a where it should have been a he said. The purpose of cola is to ensure that service members stationed overseas do not see a drop in their Standard of living because of High prices where they live. It also considers such things As rank number of dependents time in service and base pay. The Survey conducted in March affects Only those five bases involved and any Remote Sites attached to them Wilson said